{"id":1924,"date":"2011-02-07T12:15:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T18:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2011-02-07T12:15:45","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T18:15:45","slug":"jesus-robocop-and-showgirls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2011\/02\/jesus-robocop-and-showgirls\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus, Robocop, and Showgirls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

This may only be amusing to me and the handful of you out there interested in biblical scholarship, but I find it amusing.<\/p>\n

Apparently there is a Jesus Seminar conference coming to Salem, OR. Those of you not familiar with this group, allow me to briefly catch you up. Long story short they are a self appointed group of scholars, led by John Dominic Crossan and Robert Funk, which started back in the 80\u2019s as part of an effort to \u201cdiscover the historical Jesus.\u201d Among the highlights of this group they are most famously known for voting on the sayings of Jesus using colored beads: red means Jesus probably said it, pink means he might have said it, grey means he probably didn\u2019t say it but it contains his ideas, and black means he definitely didn\u2019t say it.<\/p>\n

Surprise, surprise there weren\u2019t many red beads.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not what amuses about this meeting, it\u2019s who the keynote speakers are.<\/p>\n

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Jesus Seminar Scholars to Discuss the Origins of Christianity<\/h1>\n

(SALEM, Ore.) \u2013 Scholars of the Jesus Seminar will meet in Salem, Oregon at the Salem Conference Center to discuss the origins of Christianity.<\/p>\n

Special features of this meeting will include:<\/strong><\/p>\n